DIY Florida
What Is DIY Florida?
DIY Florida helps you create legal documents by answering simple specific questions about your situation. Those legal documents can then be filed electronically through the E-Portal or by hand at your local clerk of court office to start a new court case or respond to an existing court case.
Where Do I Find DIY Florida?
DIY Florida is accessible through the E-Portal found at: https://www.myflcourtaccess.com/. From that website, you will be asked to register an account. Once you have registered, sign in and select “I want to complete an interview to generate a DIY Document.” Select the appropriate interview for your case and follow the instructions.
What Is The DIY Florida Process?
Each interview has instructions that explain when you should use the interview. Read the instructions carefully and select the type of DIY document you would like to generate, then follow along through the interview process. After you answer the interview questions, your legal document will be created. You must file your completed document, so follow the instructions for filing electronically, in person, or by mail. E-Filing is a way to electronically transmit legal documents from an attorney or a self-represented litigant to a court and is done through the E-Portal.
What Interviews Are Currently Available Through DIY Florida?
Complaint for Landlord to Evict Tenants - These interviews should be completed by a landlord or landlords seeking to evict tenants only.
Answer to Complaint for Eviction - This interview should be completed by a tenant who has received a complaint for eviction.
Small Claims Statement of Claim – This interview should be completed to justify a right to sue to obtain money, property, or the enforcement of a right against another party. Small claims cases are limited to those where the dollar amount (or the value of the property) involved is $8,000.00 or less, excluding costs, interest, and attorneys' fees. The claims that you can make using this interview are the eight claim types that are included as part of Forms 7.330 through 7.337, Florida Small Claims Rules:
- Auto Negligence
- Goods Sold
- Work Done/Materials Furnished
- Money Lent
- Promissory Note
- Return of Stolen Property from Pawnbroker
- Return of Property from a Government Agency
- Account Stated
Small Claims Answer - This interview should be completed by someone who has received a Statement of Claim, to create an answer to that statement of claim in a small claims case.
Florida Interpersonal Violence Interviews - Nine interviews have been programmed to generate one of the Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms that pertain to interpersonal violence after a series of questions are answered by the self-represented litigant. Interviews are available for the following forms:
- 12.980(f) - Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Repeat Violence
- 12.980(a) - Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence
- 12.980(i) - Motion for Extension of Injunction for Protection Against Domestic, Repeat, Dating or Sexual Violence or Stalking
- 12.980(g) - Supplemental Affidavit in Support of Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Domestic, Repeat, Dating, or Sexual Violence or Stalking
- 12.980(j) - Motion for Modification of Injunction for Protection Against Domestic, Repeat, Dating or Sexual Violence or Stalking
- 12.980(n) - Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Dating Violence
- 12.980(q) - Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Sexual Violence
- 12.980(t) - Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Stalking
- 12.980(w) - Petition by Affidavit for Order to Show Cause for a Violation of Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Domestic, Repeat, Dating or Sexual Violence or Stalking